{"product_id":"book-of-men-9781250047762","title":"Book of Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eEIGHTY PIECES OF SHORT FICTION AND NONFICTION ON MANHOOD BY SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST WRITERS, PRESENTED BY COLUM MCCANN, ESQUIRE, AND NARRATIVE 4 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo help launch the literary nonprofit Narrative 4, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e asked eighty of the world's greatest writers to chip in with a story, all with the title, How to Be a Man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Men\u003c\/i\u003e, an unflinching investigation into the essence of masculinity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Men\u003c\/i\u003e probes, with the poignant honesty and imagination that only these writers could deliver, the slippery condition of manhood. You will find men striving and searching, learning and failing to learn, triumphing and aspiring; men who are lost and men navigating their way toward redemption. These stories don't just explore what it is to be a man or how to achieve manliness, but ultimately what it is to be a human--with all of its uncertainty, complexity, clumsiness, and beauty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith contributions from literary luminaries as diverse as the subjects they capture, and curated by the editors of \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, National Book Award winner Colum McCann, and Narrative 4, a global nonprofit devoted to using storytelling as a means to empathy, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Men\u003c\/i\u003e might not teach you how to negotiate a deal or mix a Manhattan, but it does scratch at that most eternal of questions: What is a man?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250047762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 5.73w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Colum McCann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729534619829,"sku":"9781250047762","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d9857561-ec9d-4973-9557-e21507d6fe6c.jpg?v=1675803284","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/book-of-men-9781250047762","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}